St. Louis generally has about two weeks between freezing, wet, wintry nonsense and blazing, humid summers, and those two weeks are the best bicycling weather ever. We're there right now, and having spent most of the day on two wheels terrorizing the city, I feel compelled to post some

BICYCLIST-INSPIRED ETIQUETTE

1. It is inappropriate to leer at gawk at holler at or in... Read More

But before that (or so i assume), I'm attending AcroYoga Teacher Training in Santa Barbara. I leave on Friday and I know it's going to be a grand time. The girlfriend and I will have a few days to ourselves after the training, and... Read More

there are secrets mothers keep from their children hoping to protect them. there is dirty laundry in families that is so filthy that the thought of airing it sends one into a depressive, self-destructive cyclone. there are dead people who have done terrible terrible things to a girl who is now a woman who has kept it to herself and done her best to keep... Read More

Yeah, the 'Merican flags kinda bugged me, too, but I can see the point from a PR perspective. The right-wingers are getting their panties in a bunch about people waving other flags, so to screw with them, everyone was waving the 'Merican flag along with their home country. I always have a visceral reaction to our flag, but having it displayed alongside the Mexican, Salvadoran, Haitian, Guatemalan, etc. flags shows what this country is really made of, i.e. people from all over. But I really hate flag waving of all kinds, being more of an internationalist myself. Nationalism of all kinds is distasteful. I give the people at the rally a pass because I read it more as a cultural statement than a nationalist one. I dunno, maybe I'm just rationalizing, but that was my sentiment at the time.

Apr 11, 2006

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